James Wainwright

ACTOR

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General purpose actor James Wainwright was born in Illinois in 1938 and discovered he had artistic talent at a young age, landing a scholarship at Carnegie University. This active pursuit was all but dissipated when he decided to join the Marines. Following his honorable discharge, he made do with a number of unskilled jobs until he found an interest in another area of the fine arts -- acting. He auditioned and earned a seat as a student at the Actors' Studio, then proceeded to migrate West in the late 60s to pursue film and TV stardom.Initially cast as a ruthless heavy, his image was redeemed somewhat after landing a recurring role in 1969 on the already-established TV program Daniel Boone (1964). In 1972, he fronted in his own weekly series Jigsaw (1972) as dogged Lt. Frank Dain of the California State Police Department's Bureau of Missing Persons--a man who didn't always play by the rules. What could have been his ticket to TV stardom barely lasted a season. In years to come he was seen in secondary support to a number of Oscar-winning cinema stars, notably Clint Eastwood in Joe Kidd (1972), George Kennedy in the prison drama Mean Dog Blues (1978) and Walter Matthau and Robin Williams in The Survivors (1983). He also appeared in a number of mini-movies, particularly that of a younger J. Edgar Hoover who grows up to be bulldog Broderick Crawford in The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977), and guested on the more popular shows including "Cannon," "The Fall Guy," "Dynasty," "Magnum P.I.," "Hardcastle & McCormick" and "Hunter."In his second TV series he reverted back to playing the heavy as an unstable scientist who invents and unleashes humanistic robots to take over the world in Beyond Westworld (1980). Based on the popular 1973 Yul Brynner movie, the program was very short-lived. Following additional episodic work on TV, as well as the lowbudget action film Mission Manila (1988), Wainwright left the screen. Little was heard from or about the actor until his reported death from lung cancer on December 20, 1999 at age 61. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of James Wainwright’s flixes, followed by Google Play Movies compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

James Wainwright on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1972 to 1983. See the full graphs of the number of James Wainwright movies released per year from 1972 till 1983.

Top Genres

James Wainwright works mostly in Crime Genre followed by Drama Genre flixes. 27% of James Wainwright movies are Crime Genre movies. See Top Genres that James Wainwright worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that James Wainwright has worked on is 6.0.

6.0 / 10

James Wainwright's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows Hoover from his racket-busting days through his reign under eight U.S. presidents.

6/10112 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

Comedy,Crime,Drama
The Survivors (1983)

Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.

5.8/10103 min

Available in 9 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi
Battletruck (1982)

Post World War III futuristic tale of collapsed governments & bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age.

5/1091 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Mystery
Beyond Westworld (1980)

The security chief of an android manufacturing company must stop a mad scientist, who's sending the failed theme park's androids to infiltrate society for his own ends.

4.4/1060 min

Available in 3 platform(s).